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Over the last million years, glacier melt might have increased volcanic eruptions tenfold. But I'm sure that doesn't mean it'll happen again!
Parrots actually like certain kinds of music more than they like others. But none of them like Prodigy. Smart birds.
The story was the same internationally.
With $2 billion of funding committed, the Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound looks like it will be the first offshore wind farm in the country. It certainly won't be the last.
I'll withhold judgment until I see if the Mafia can do for solar what it did for Jersey garbage collection.
Scientists are using new coral records to strengthen the case that climate change might be making El Niño worse.
If you live near Gowanus, Newtown Creek, or the Rockaways and dirt got into your house, get these guys your dirt so they can see how toxic it is.
Every now and then what a president decides actually determines how the world turns.
The story of how lead got in gasoline -- and stayed there for decades -- is endlessly fascinating.
